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- 1 62 Notes [Act I
86. Tester. Sixpence. Cf. 2 Hen. IV. iii. 2. 296, the only other
instance of the word in S. ; but the verb testern (to give a tester)
occurs in T. G. of V.\.\. 153.
92. To Page. The folio has " to Ford " and " to Page " in the
next line ; corrected by Steevens from the ist quarto. That the
latter is right is evident from ii. i. 108 fol. below.
99. Yellowness is changed by Pope to "jealousies;" but as
Johnson notes, "■yellowness is jealousy." Cf. W. T. ii. 3. 107: "no
yellow in it." The revolt of mine is apparently Nym's " humour "
for my revolt ; but the commentators have changed it in various
ways to make it less fantastical.
Scene IV. — 4. An old abusing. For this colloquial use of old
as a mere intensive, cf. Macb. ii. 3. 2 : " old turning of the key ; "
M. ofV. iv. 2. 15 : " old swearing," etc.
7. Soon at night. " This very night " (Schmidt) ; as in ii. 2.
285, 288 below. Cf. M. for M. i. 4. 88, 2 Hen. IV. v. 5. 96,
etc.
A posset, according to Randle Holme, in his Academy of Armourie,
1688 (quoted by Malone in note on Macb. ii. 2. 6), is "hot milk
poured on ale or sack, having sugar, grated bisket, and eggs, with
other ingredients, boiled in it, which goes all to a curd." This
explains why the posset is often spoken of as eaten ; as in v. 5. 175
below.
8. At the latter end of a sea-coal fire. " That is, when my master
is in bed" (Johnson).
II. Breed-bate. Breeder of dispute or strife. Cf. bate-breeding
in V. and A. 655: "This sour informer, this bate-breeding spy."
See also 2 Hen. IV. ii. 4. 271 : " and breeds no bate with telling
of discreet stories."
13. Peevish. Silly, childish ; the ordinary if not the only mean-
ing in S.
21. Cain-coloured. That is, like the colour of Cain's beard and
hair in the old pictures; yellowish, or, according to some, reddish.
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